This page lists bestselling China books, defined as any English-language book on or from China that was published in the last year, and which ranks in the top 15 in its category when ordered by its overall bestseller rank on Amazon. We update this list on the first Thursday of every month. If you believe we have missed a book that might make the ranking, please contact us with the publisher and Amazon link. Please note that rankings are not final, only an indication of Amazon sales, which do not incorporate other editions or point-of-sale purchases. Blurbs by Taili Ni, adapted from publisher copy.
Overall Bestsellers
New Cold Wars
China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
David E. Sanger
An account of how the U.S. finds itself in a volatile rivalry with Xi Jinping's China and Vladimir Putin's Russia.
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Blood Money
Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans
Peter Schweizer
An argument that the Chinese Communist Party is undertaking covert operations to sow chaos and decadence in the U.S.
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World on the Brink
How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
Dmitri Alperovitch, Garrett M. Graff
An argument for how the U.S. can maintain its place as the world's top superpower in the face of a rising China
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The Wuhan Cover-Up
And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
An argument about the origins of COVID-19.
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Made in Taiwan
Recipes and Stories from the Island Nation
Clarissa Wei
An in-depth cookbook that celebrates Taiwan's unique culture and cuisine.
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A Very Chinese Cookbook
100 Recipes from China and Not China (But Still Really Chinese)
Kevin Pang and Jeffrey Pang
A cookbook showing the way to delicious Chinese cooking from the father and son hosts of the America's Test Kitchen series Hunger Pangs.
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The Return of Great Powers
Russia, China, and the Next World War
Jim Sciutto
An analysis of the realities of the new post-post-Cold War era, the increasingly aligned Russian and Chinese governments, and the flashpoint of a new global nuclear arms race.
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A-Gong’s Table
Vegan Recipes from a Taiwanese Home
George Lee
A rendering of food through the memories of family and of home: over 90 plant-based recipes.
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The Fox Wife
A Novel
Yangsze Choo
A novel that explores a world of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts, and their dazzling intersection.
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Mao’s America
A Survivor’s Warning
Xi Van Fleet
A survivor of Mao’s Cultural Revolution in China makes a case that history is repeating itself in the 'Woke Revolution' of America.
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Corky Lee’s Asian America
Fifty Years of Photographic Justice
Corky Lee
A collection of over 200 photos celebrating the history and cultural impact of the Asian American social justice movement.
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The Oxherd Boy
Parables of Love, Compassion, and Community
Regina Linke
An illustrated fable inspired by thousands of years of Chinese thought about a young boy who explores the many ways to make meaning and find joy in the everyday.
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The Devil and Communist China
From Mao Down to Xi
Steven W. Mosher
An argument that the ancient Chinese political theory Legalism contains diabolical self-aggrandizement that established the totalitarian rule of China today.
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Smoke and Ashes
Opium's Hidden Histories
Amitav Ghosh
A travelogue, memoir, and historical essay unraveling the impact of the opium trade on global history in Britain, India, and China, and the author's own family.
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The War Below
Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
Ernest Scheyder
A look into what is needed to fight climate change, secure energy independence, and the impact China's domination of critical minerals will have on the geopolitical order.
BuyBestselling Politics Books
New Cold Wars
China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
David E. Sanger
An account of how the U.S. finds itself in a volatile rivalry with Xi Jinping's China and Vladimir Putin's Russia.
Buy
Blood Money
Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans
Peter Schweizer
An argument that the Chinese Communist Party is undertaking covert operations to sow chaos and decadence in the U.S.
Buy
World on the Brink
How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
Dmitri Alperovitch, Garrett M. Graff
An argument for how the U.S. can maintain its place as the world's top superpower in the face of a rising China
Buy
The Return of Great Powers
Russia, China, and the Next World War
Jim Sciutto
An analysis of the realities of the new post-post-Cold War era, the increasingly aligned Russian and Chinese governments, and the flashpoint of a new global nuclear arms race.
Buy
Mao’s America
A Survivor’s Warning
Xi Van Fleet
A survivor of Mao’s Cultural Revolution in China makes a case that history is repeating itself in the 'Woke Revolution' of America.
Buy
The Devil and Communist China
From Mao Down to Xi
Steven W. Mosher
An argument that the ancient Chinese political theory Legalism contains diabolical self-aggrandizement that established the totalitarian rule of China today.
Buy
The War Below
Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
Ernest Scheyder
A look into what is needed to fight climate change, secure energy independence, and the impact China's domination of critical minerals will have on the geopolitical order.
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Embracing Communist China
America's Greatest Strategic Failure
James Fanell, Bradley Thayer
An argument explaining how China rose in power and how the U.S. could have prevented it.
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Digital Empires
The Global Battle to Regulate Technology
Anu Bradford
An exploration of the rivalry between the three dominant digital powers–the US, China, and the European Union–and how that rivalry will shape the future of digital society.
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The New China Playbook
Beyond Socialism and Capitalism
Keyu Jin
An analysis of socialism and capitalism, providing a fresh perspective on China's evolving economic and political landscape.
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The Rise and Fall of the EAST
How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline
Yasheng Huang
A history of China’s relationship between stability, diversity and prosperity, and how its current leadership threatens this delicate balance.
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China Is Going To War
Gordon G. Chang
An argument that China's Communist Party is preparing for war.
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Countering China’s Great Game
A Strategy for American Dominance
Michael Sobolik
A plan for American victory over the Chinese Communist Party
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A World Safe for Commerce
American Foreign Policy from the Revolution to the Rise of China
Dale C. Copeland
An exploration of how commerce determines whether America preserves the peace or goes to war with China.
BuyBestselling History Books
Corky Lee’s Asian America
Fifty Years of Photographic Justice
Corky Lee
A collection of over 200 photos celebrating the history and cultural impact of the Asian American social justice movement.
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Smoke and Ashes
Opium's Hidden Histories
Amitav Ghosh
A travelogue, memoir, and historical essay unraveling the impact of the opium trade on global history in Britain, India, and China, and the author's own family.
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Feeding Ghosts
A Graphic Memoir
Tessa Hulls
A graphic memoir about three generations of Chinese women from Shanghai to Hong Kong to the United States.
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Not Your China Doll
The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong
Katie Gee Salisbury
The story of Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star.
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The Loom of Time
Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China
Robert D. Kaplan
An exploration of the Greater Middle East, where lasting stability has often seemed just out of reach but may hold the key to the shifting world order of the twenty-first century.
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Made in China
When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade
Elizabeth O'Brien Ingleson
A look into how the interests of U.S. businesses and the Chinese state aligned to reframe the China market in the 1970s.
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From Genghis Khan to Tamerlane
The Reawakening of Mongol Asia
Peter Jackson
An account of how a new world order under Tamerlane was born out of the decline of the Mongol Empire.
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Fortune’s Bazaar
The Making of Hong Kong
Vaudine England
A comprehensive history of the birth of Hong Kong and its transformation into a global financial hub.
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The Spray and Pray Squadron
3rd Bomb Squadron, 1st Bomb Group, Chinese-American Composite Wing in World War II
Margaret Mills Kincannon
A chronicle of the exploits of the 3rd Bomb Squadron of an experimental Chinese-American Composite Wing, in which young men from two nations joined forces to fight a common enemy
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Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden
Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War
Zhuqing Li
A narrative of two sisters separated by China's Civil War, drawing readers into their personal journey amidst a turbulent era.
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The Translator’s Daughter
A Memoir
Grace Loh Prasad
A memoir about the author's immigration to the U.S. under threat of political persecution from Chiang Kai-shek's dictatorship in Taiwan.
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The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought
Wang Hui, ed. Michael Gibbs Hill
A comprehensive history that traces the intellectual movements that propelled China toward modernity.
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Blurred Boundaries
A Martial Arts Legacy and the Shaping of Taiwan
Ze-han Hong (trans. Christopher Bates)
A blend of Taiwanese and personal history exploring the diaspora to Taiwan after the Chinese Civil War and the martial artists who set about building a new life.
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A Brief History of Ancient China
Edward L Shaughnessy
A multi-faceted account of the first two millennia of China's earliest history
BuyBestselling Society/Culture Books
Made in Taiwan
Recipes and Stories from the Island Nation
Clarissa Wei
An in-depth cookbook that celebrates Taiwan's unique culture and cuisine.
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A Very Chinese Cookbook
100 Recipes from China and Not China (But Still Really Chinese)
Kevin Pang and Jeffrey Pang
A cookbook showing the way to delicious Chinese cooking from the father and son hosts of the America's Test Kitchen series Hunger Pangs.
Buy
A-Gong’s Table
Vegan Recipes from a Taiwanese Home
George Lee
A rendering of food through the memories of family and of home: over 90 plant-based recipes.
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Invitation to a Banquet
The Story of Chinese Food
Fuchsia Dunlop
An exploration of the history, cultural significance and irresistible flavors that define Chinese cuisine, by a chef trained in Sichuan province.
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The Mountains Are High
A Year of Escape and Discovery in Rural China
Alec Ash
A memoir chronicling a year of escape and self-discovery in rural China, where migrants from overcrowded cities have moved to change their lives.
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Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
Curtis Chin
A memoir that takes readers on a nostalgic journey intertwininh personal experiences, cultural identity and the lessons learned in Chinese restaurants.
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Around the World
Wei Wants to Stay Free – Taiwan
PraegerU
A book for middle and high school students about a Taiwanese student who learns about his country's relationship wtih China when learning why he has to serve in the military.
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Monkey King and the World of Myths
The Monster and the Maze
Maple Lam
The first book of a graphic novel series: the legendary Monkey King tries to save the world from a mysterious new threat.
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The Life of Tu Fu
Eliot Weinberger
A montage of 58 poems that capture the life and times of the Tang Dynasty poet Tu Fu (712-770 AD).
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Birds of China
Liu Yang, Chen Shuihua
A comprehensive, fully illustrated field guide to the birds of China.
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50 Useful Tips on China
From a guy who almost got it
Ralph Jennings
A collection of questions and answers about China from an outside perspective.
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Asian Americans in an Anti-Black World
Claire Jean Kim
An exploration of the experiences of Asian Americans within the context of an anti-Black society.
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Vegan Chinese Food
Yang Liu and Katharina Pinczolits
A book of recipes for easy, delicious and plant-based versions of sixty well-loved Chinese dishes.
BuyBestselling Fiction Books
The Fox Wife
A Novel
Yangsze Choo
A novel that explores a world of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts, and their dazzling intersection.
Buy
The Oxherd Boy
Parables of Love, Compassion, and Community
Regina Linke
An illustrated fable inspired by thousands of years of Chinese thought about a young boy who explores the many ways to make meaning and find joy in the everyday.
Buy
River East, River West
Aube Rey Lescure
A historical fiction book set against the backdrop of developing modern China that follows two generations searching for belonging and opportunity.
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Chamber after Chamber
Saara Myrene Raappana
A narrative told in poems following the narrator and her cousin through China and the U.S.
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A Past Unearthed
Return of the Condor Heroes Volume 1
Jin Yong (tr. Gigi Chang)
A novel that takes readers on an epic journey filled with ancient legends, kung fu, and a transformative quest.
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The Woman Back from Moscow
In Pursuit of Beauty
Ha Jin
A novel based on the life of Sun Weishi that follows her education in Moscow and her work as China's first female director of modern spoken drama.
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The Book of Secrets
A Personal History of Betrayal in Red China
Xin Ran
A behind-the-scenes account of a family torn apart by the Tiananmen Square massacre and military intelligence officer JIe's attempts to open up the Chinese system to the people.
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The Chinese Groove
A Novel
Kathryn Ma
A novel about an optimistic immigrant with big dreams, dire prospects, and a fractured extended family.
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The Funeral Cryer
Wenyan Lu
A novel about a professional mourner who has faced social isolation due to the stigma around her job.
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We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies
A Novel
Tsering Yangzom Lama
A novel about a Tibetan family's journey through exile.
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Embodying Xuanzang
The Postmortem Travels of a Buddhist Pilgrim
Benjamin Brose
An imaginative tracing of the postmortem travels of Xuanzang, an accomplished and consequential monk.
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Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
A Novel
Lisa See
A novel that weaves a captivating tale of power, love and sisterhood in ancient China.
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